DPDK for rust

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Mar 28 20:25:16 CET 2025


On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:09:21 +0300 (IDT)
"Etelson, Gregory" <getelson at nvidia.com> wrote:

> >> Hello Morten,
> >>
> >> Thank you for raising these questions !
> >>  
> >>>
> >>> Do we want the DPDK project itself to support rust?
> >>> Or should parts of this be a DPDK hosted project, like grout?  
> >>
> >> Rust packages management is different.
> >> Also DPDK Rust code will eventually provide a different API.
> >> At this stage, DPDK hosted project looks like a good idea.
> >>  
> >
> > For ease of use, that would mean hosting a cargo registry, no?
> >  
> 
> That's correct - cargo registry is the native way.
> Also we may consider splitting the code between several crates.
> That approach can provide more flexible way to arrange files.

Talk to Luca. The current rust cargo registry model is causing
lots of grief for distro's such as Debian, Redhat, Ubuntu and SUSE.

Packaging is always a pain


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